Transonic similarity theory applied to a supercritical airfoil in heavy gas

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 957-964

  Anders, J B ^a   Anderson, W K ^a   Murthy, A V ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AeroTech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSONIC AERODYNAMICS; WIND TUNNELS;

MACH NUMBER; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SUPERCRITICAL AIRFOIL; TRANSONIC SIMILARITY THEORY;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 0033326932     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2557     Document Type: Article

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